List of Career Achievements By Jack Nicklaus - Awards

Awards

  • Named greatest golfer/athlete by Sports Illustrated; GOLF Magazine; Associated Press; Golfweek; GolfWorld; PGATOUR.com and GolfWeb; ESPN; British Broadcasting Company; and Today's Golfer.
  • Named golfer of the Century/Millennium by Asian Golf Monthly, Associated Press, British Broadcasting Company, Golf Digest, GOLF Magazine, Golf Monthly Magazine, Golfweek, Golf Web, GolfWorld, International Association of Golf Tour Operators, PGA TOUR.com, Today's Golfer.
  • Named Florida Athlete of the Century.
  • Received a Doctor of Athletic Arts Honorary Degree from Ohio State University, 1972.
  • Inducted into the World Golf Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1974.
  • Received a Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree from the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.
  • Inducted into the Memorial Honorees at the Memorial Tournament, 2000.
  • Received the Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence in 2001 being the first golfer and only the third athlete in the award's history.
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient in 2005
  • Inducted into the PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame in the class of 2006.
  • Presented with the Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship by the Woodrow Wilson Center of the Smithsonian Institution in Palm Beach, Florida; January 2008.
  • Presented with the Charlie Bartlett Award from the Golf Writers Association of America at its annual awards dinner in Augusta, Georgia in April 2009 recognizing four decades of charitable work with children.
  • Presented with the National Pathfinder Award at the annual Pathfinder Awards Banquet in June 2009 at Conseco Fieldhouse in Indiana for decades of dedication to youth in need, most recently through the Nicklaus Children's Health Care Foundation.
  • In April 2012, the U.S. House of Representatives approved awarding him the Congressional Gold Medal; the bill now goes to the U.S. Senate for consideration; he would join Arnold Palmer should he receive it.

This list is probably incomplete.

1962

  • PGA Tour Rookie of the Year

1964

  • PGA Tour Money Winner
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1965

  • PGA Tour Money Winner
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1967

  • PGA Player of the Year
  • PGA Tour Money Winner

1971

  • PGA Tour Money Winner
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1972

  • Doctor of Athletic Arts Honorary Degree, Ohio State University
  • PGA Player of the Year
  • PGA Tour Money Winner
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1973

  • PGA Player of the Year
  • PGA Tour Money Winner
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1974

  • World Golf Hall of Fame
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1975

  • Bob Jones Award
  • PGA Player of the Year
  • PGA Tour Money Winner
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1976

  • PGA Player of the Year
  • PGA Tour Money Winner
  • PGA Tour Scoring Average Leader

1978

  • Sports Illustrated Sportsman of the Year

1979

  • Athlete of the Decade (named by national sports writers)
  • Golfer of the Seventies

1980

  • BBC Sports Personality of the Year Overseas Personality
  • Golf World Player of the Year

1984

  • Doctor of Laws Honorary Degree, University of St. Andrews

1988

  • Golfer of the Century (named by golfing officials and journalists from around the world)

1993

  • Golf Course Architect of the Year (named by Golf World)

1995

  • Canadian Golf Hall of Fame

1996

  • Golfer of The Century (named by Golf Monthly Magazine (U.K.)

1999

  • Best Individual Male Athlete of the 20th Century (named by Sports Illustrated)

2000

  • Payne Stewart Award
  • PGA of America Distinguished Service Award
  • Memorial Honoree, Memorial Tournament

2001

  • ESPY Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Vince Lombardi Award of Excellence

2003

  • Greater Columbus Hospitality Award
  • Muhammad Ali Sports Legend Awards
  • The Three Amigos George Bush Inspiration Award

2005

  • GCSAA Old Tom Morris Award
  • Presidential Medal of Freedom

2006

  • PGA Golf Professional Hall of Fame

2007

  • Boy Scouts of America Distinguished Citizens Award
  • Francis Ouimet Lifelong Contributions to Golf

2008

  • PGA Tour Lifetime Achievement Award
  • Woodrow Wilson Award for Corporate Citizenship

2009

  • Charlie Bartlett Award
  • Golf Course Architect of the Year in Asia Pacific
  • National Pathfinder Award

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